Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Understanding Strategic Thinking for Executives Strategic thinking is a critical component of successful leadership, particularly for senior executives who chart the course of their organizations. With the right support and resources, you can overcome these hurdles and cultivate a more strategic approach to leadership.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2018

I have (finally) written a book on creative leadership. The book, Idea Magnets – 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders , emerged from my experiences working with and knowing Idea Magnets throughout my career. Related posts Creative Leadership – Do Idea Magnets Get a Pass on Empathy?

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Stronger creative leadership to identify productive tactics, make better (and faster) decisions, and successfully implement with a major impact. The Answer to Boosting Creative Leadership within Your Team! This Brainzooming book demonstrates the value of stronger creativity.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 3, 2024

This means that we are living in an age of overwhelm and the world of unknowns, which requires leaders to boldly and courageously, step up, shift their myopic, reactive, cost, and short-term focus, and start to develop their leadership consciousness, to think and act differently.

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ImagineNation

MAY 30, 2023

Most of us are aware that both the organisational leadership and cultural paradigms have shifted , due to the accelerating demands of the current global VUCA/BANI operating environment. Developing perspective-taking skills is fundamental to mastering the paradoxical nature of innovation leadership. What is a paradox?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. ” strategic thinking exercise as a flexible tool suitable for many situations.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation. For some, it may be through hard work and determination, while others may find success through innovation with creativity, data, and automation. In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I have been building a stronger, more robust narrative that is built around what I continue to refine and offer as my advisory and coaching practice at Agility Innovation, my eight skill development and creative thinking steps , which will be discussed in depth in a subsequent post or two. My 1st offer point in delivery.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). The Importance of Innovation in Executive Leadership Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

They requested a follow-up innovation workshop to inspire bigger, further out thinking. We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises. Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. A Remedy from our eBook, 321 GO!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2018

Idea Magnets display a creative leadership mindset that incorporates acting in ways that help others become high performers in their own tasks. Find out more about how you can better embody a creative leadership style that sets you and your team apart for collaboration, imagination, implementation, and success!

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Advice for planning and facilitating successful corporate, executive, and leadership retreats. That’s where leadership retreats come in! This time can be spent training the leadership team’s natural abilities to support the organization and its goals. What is a leadership or executive retreat?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

Free Weekly Webinar of Facilitation Tools with Gregg Fraley. Every Thursday at 2 pm EST, Master Facilitator Gregg Fraley demonstrates a facilitation tool online. Thinking Differently Takes Tools. At some point everybody needs to think differently. When you ask your mind to think differently, what happens?

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Further info/Source Exercise is based on creative thinking techniques described in book of Michael Michalko “Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques” The exercise was implemented in the Training Course CREATIVE LEADERSHIP that has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. Culture and Innovation In an era where innovation is indispensable, the culture of your organization can either nurture creative thinking or stifle it.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

An innovation strategy is a key business asset, and innovation leadership is no longer nice to have, but necessary. Innovation leadership can make the difference between an innovation strategy that actually produces results and one that languishes on paper. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.” Innovation Engineer.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I have also since seen a mounting amount of scientific research showing how women do not even get the same credit for their creativity or innovation work as if a man were to suggest the same idea. I’ve been working on a tool to help with that, but it is really hard. This meant the original article only included male perspectives.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Improved Problem-Solving Facilitates creative thinking and collaborative solutions to challenges. Practical Tips and Tools for Team Building While inspiration is critical, it must be paired with practicality. Keynote speakers should provide actionable tips and tools that teams can implement in their daily interactions.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Role of Leadership in Strategy Development Leadership is at the heart of strategy development. You have the responsibility to foster an environment where strategic thinking flourishes. As a leader, your vision sets the direction for the company’s future.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. 3 Meaningfully Engages and Involves Employees.

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Technology Created

DECEMBER 13, 2014

Why is it that, while artistic tools have become so advanced and provide artists with the opportunity to become so much more productive, the amount of art and the quality of art produced by artists has dropped so dramatically? With all the tools we have, shouldn’t we be encountering these people in spades? Facebook, Twitter?

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ImagineNation

JULY 23, 2018

Whether you are a company that wants to attract top talent or an individual who is trying to land your dream job, or create a new business, it’s becoming clear that the future of work is both human and technology centred and involves the development of new leadership capabilities. Leadership as a way of life.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For this ability to tap into the “dynamics of innovation,” most of any future success in the modern world demands a proactive approach through constant skill development and creative thinking. Utilize visualization tools, diagrams, or metaphors to simplify and clarify concepts for a wider audience.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. To optimise creative sessions. The benefits listed above are essential for boosting creativity. Playing is a tool that lets you eliminate hierarchies and foster collaboration between very different profiles.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2018

While I think there’s a Brainzooming blog post for this, it was almost faster to write a new, updated list of questions than to find the post. That’s why having a book of Brainzooming creative leadership ideas all in one place will be so handy! ). 21 Strategic Thinking Questions When You Have Nothing to Ask.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 4, 2022

Design Thinking is the best approach to issues at the intersection of multiple sectors like society and business, emotions and logic, creative and rational thinking, addressing economic demands and needs, and systems and individuals. Design Thinking equips us with the tools that undoubtedly lead us to explore what could be.”.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Constraints create the need for questions, creative thinking, and experiments. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation thrives within constraints. But as real as constraints are and as helpful as they can be, don’t simply accept them. Instead, question them, push on them, and explore around them.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Suppose you’re going into a meeting and taking over leadership of a team or initiative where those you will be leading have been involved and active previously. The question in each of these cases is how you use your leadership skills so you can “fake it until you make it?”. 8 Ways to Fake It Until You Make It.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Competitive Advantage Gaining a leading edge in the market by leveraging startup agility and creativity. In summary, CVC is a powerful tool for corporations to stay at the forefront of innovation, maintain relevance in a fast-changing business landscape, and secure long-term growth.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Innovation has a lot of frameworks (and theories, methods, tools) that leaders can choose from, and you’ll want to choose. Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. Seven Innovation Fundamentals: Applying creative thinking to problems.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. But none of those factors, or all of them together, are enough to overcome untrained thinking, poor session facilitation, and an un-anchored or non-existent innovation approach.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The Generative Level – which most transformation and change initiatives ignore, because they fail to develop the critical and creative thinking, and problem sensing and solving skills that are required to GENERATE the crucial elastic thinking and human skills that result in change, and innovation.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. Creative Thinking: What Is the Right Size for a Brainstorming Group? You will learn effective, proven ways to move your implementation plan forward with greater speed and success. You’ll learn ways to help your team: Move forward even amid uncertainty.

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